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IINrrEo STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

OLIVER IV. GRIFFITHS, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

CLIP FOR LUBRICATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,119, dated December1, 1891.

Application filed August 14, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER W. GRIFFITHS, of Brooklyn, county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Olips for Lubricators, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon.

Hy invention has relation to appliances for mounting and holdinglubrioators or lubricator-bands and analogous articles in position forwork. These appliances are known as clips, ""boxes, or holders, andserve to connect the band or ring constituting the lubricator with apiston or other part and to hold the same in proper place.

The principal objects of my invention are to produce a secure anddurable clip of the class named which may be applied in connection withany form of lubricator band, ring, or carrier at any desired pointthereof and without requiring any alteration therein or additionthereto, which may be quickly and easily applied or removed, and whichis conformable to any position or arrangement of the piston, follower,or other securing-bolts. To accomplish these objects and to secure otherand further advantages in the matters of construction, operation, anduse, my improvemen-ts involve certain new and useful features ofinvention, as will be herein first fully described, and then pointed outin the' claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 IS a perspective view of the two sliding jawsof the clip separated from each other,'but ready to be united. Fig. 2 isa view in cross-section showing theimproved clip complete in positionupon a lubricator-band. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a fragment of alubricator band or carrier with the clip thereon, the dotted linesindicating the manner in which the basepiece may be adjusted for thepurpose of securing'the clip on a bolt in any position. Fig. 4 is anelevation of the bifurcated union-piece which serves to connect the baseand slidingjaw pieces.

In all the figures like letters ofreference, wherever they occur,indicate corresponding parts.

A is a lubricator band or carrier, which may be of any desired size andshape. In or on this is applied the lubricant-carrying material, whichmay be of any suitable character and is represented in the drawings bythe tufts a a. The carrier, with the carrying material, is to besustained in proper relation to the piece or part to be lubricatedas,forinstance, the interior of a cylinder.

B B are two metallic jaws, one of these, as B, being bifurcated andsliding upon or in respect to the other, so that the clamp which theyconstitute may be adjusted to conform to the width or size of thecarrier A. A

clamping-bolt O passes through the jaws and is provided with a nut, asc, by which the jaws maybe drawn toward each other. Each jaw is providedwith a lip, as Z) 11', and back of the lip a slight recess, into whichthe margin of the carrier fits when in place. The clamp thus constructedmay be applied at any part of the carrier and is easily adjustabletherein, as may be required, in order to properly locate the carrier.

p In other forms of clips or clamps the carrier has been supplied withsome fixed box or other device with which the clip is compelled to conform, thus frequently forcing the carrier out of line, to say nothing ofthe expense of applying or the inconvenience of adjustment.

When the improved clip is in place, the two jaws are united by the bolt0 with the carrier. That the olip'may be adj ust-ed up and down or backand forth it is mounted upon a union-piece or standard D, the same beingbifurcated to accommodate a bolt E, having a nut e, as shown. The head62 of bolt E is slightly flattened, as indicated, and enters a recess injaw B out of the way of bolt O,and so that it will not turn while thenut is being applied.

The clip may be regulated in position within the limits of the recess inunion piece or standard D. The two branches of piece D are supplied withprojections ff to prevent the bolt E from being displaced should the nut6 become loosened. The standard D has a foot D, by which it is mountedupon a basepiece F, the union between these two parts being made by abolt or rivet G, which while it holds them together permits one tofreely revolve upon the other. The base-piece F is perforated, as at H,to fit over a bolt upon which it is to be located and held.

In the case of a hydraulic or other cylinder and piston the lubricatoris secured upon the bolts in the piston-follower, and these arevariously located and arranged in the different machines. By having thebase-piece adjustable on the clip and the clip applicable at any pointof the carrier it is plain that any bolt in any situation upon thepiston may be reached by properly adjusting the two parts, the basedescribing the are indicated by the dotted line 9, at any point of whichit may be applied upon the bolt. The carrier with this improvedappliance may be accurately set and adjusted before being finallytightened up, and will thus be held in proper place without being forcedout of line or cramped to correspond with the position of any bolt orother fitting. It maybe easily and quickly applied and as easilydismounted when desired. The clip is simple, cheap, and durable, wellcalculated to hold the carrier firmly, and generally to answer thepurposes and objects of the invention previously indicated.

Any desired number of the improved clips may be used in connection withany carrier.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the lubricator band or ring, the two adjustablejaws, each provided with a lip arranged to embrace the margins of saidband, and means, substantially as described, for securing the jaws uponthe band, substantially as set forth.

I 2. The two adjustable jaws, each having a lip, as explained, said jawsbeing perforated and provided with a bolt and nut for clamping them inplace, and combined with a lubricator band or ring, substantially asshown and described.

3. The clip composed of the adjustable jaws and coupling -bolt, combinedwith a standard or union-piece and secured thereon by a bolt and nut,the parts being combined with each other and with the lubricator band orring and arranged substantially as set forth.

4. The two sliding or adjustable jaws, the standard or union-piece, andthe base-piece secured to said standard and movable thereon, the partsbeing combined with each other and with the lubricator band or ring andarranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The herein-described clip for lubricatorbands, comprising twoadjustable jaws, a union-piece upon which said jaws may be adj usted, abase-piece movably connected with said union-piece, and adjusting andsecuringbolts, combined with each other and with the lubricator band orring, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

OLIVE-R W. GRIFFITHS.

